Remove Carbon Remove Economy Remove Parts Remove Stimulus Package
article thumbnail

LSE report calls for global investment of an additional $3T each year to drive economic recovery and transformation

Green Car Congress

It recommends that these should be a central part of the recovery packages of the G7 countries, which together should increase their annual investment by 2% of GDP, or $1 trillion, compared to pre-pandemic levels. The report says that $1.5-1.7

Global 170
article thumbnail

ADB Study Finds Annual Economic Losses in Southeast Asia from Climate Change Could be More Than Twice the Global Average

Green Car Congress

If Southeast Asian nations delay action on climate change, their economies and people will ultimately suffer. Southeast Asia also has the highest technical potential to sequester carbon in the agriculture sector of any region of the world. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development.

article thumbnail

Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

ACORE is an organization of member companies and institutions that are dedicated to moving renewable energy into the mainstream of America’s economy. Although not part of the conferences formal structure, the themes were addressed in the presentations and panel discussions. Energy Markets in a State of Change. Billion vs. $28.3

Financing 150
article thumbnail

GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

From FastLane: In order for plug-in electric vehicles to become part of the mainstream, a plug-in “ecosystem” must be in place when vehicles like the Chevy Volt extended-range electric vehicle hit the market. And for this ecosystem to be robust, there must be commonality, especially when owners are plugging into the electrical grid.

Plug-in 39
article thumbnail

Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

Green Car Congress

Their systems approach leads to synergies that have the potential to dramatically reduce corn ethanol’s carbon footprint. The cattle will get part of their daily food ration from wet distillers grain (WDG) which is a by product of the ethanol fermentation. The ethanol market. None of the elements is new, but the combination of them is.

article thumbnail

California Goes To Hell In A Handbasket But Greenius Says AB 811 is Our Route To Green Heaven

Creative Greenius

The treasure chest was cleverly disguised in the form of Federal stimulus money from the ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. But snatching victory from the jaws of defeat – like a last second Derek Fisher three pointer at the buzzer – as I discovered from Brian Gitt, is the infusion of ARRA stimulus money.